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BC: THE BOSTON BRUINS

FC: 2011 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

4: Eastern QuarterFinals Bruins vs Montreal Canadiens Game 1 at Boston Canadiens 2, Bruins 0 Brian Gionta scored twice on feeds from Scott Gomez, and Carey Price stopped 31 Bruins shots Game 2 at Boston Canadiens 3, Bruins 1 Playing without Zdeno Chara, Boston fell behind early in the first period Game 3 at Montreal Bruins 4, Canadiens 2 Rich Peverley's 2nd period goal was the game-winner as the road team won for the 3rd straight time Game 4 at Montreal Bruins 5, Canadiens 4 (OT) After Chris Kelly tied it for the B's 13:42 into the 3rd, former Canadien Michael Ryder scored his second goal of the game 1:59 into OT Game 5 at Boston Bruins 2, Canadiens 1 (2OT) With 29:03 gone in overtime, Nathan Horton deposited the rebound of an Andrew Ference 30-footer into the back of the net Game 6 at Montreal Canadiens 2, Bruins 1 Both Montreal goals came on two man advantage power plays Game 7 at Boston Bruins 4, Canadiens 3 (OT) Horton again scored in overtime, and the Bruins, who had lost the previous 26 series in which they trailed two games to none, moved on.

5: "Glove Malfunction"

6: Thomas, who stopped Gionta (21) spectacularly in Game 5 with the Save, sprawled to deny the Montreal winger again in Game 7

8: Eastern SemiFinals Bruins vs Philadelphia Flyers Game 1 at Philly Bruins 7, Flyers 3 David Krejci (two goals, two assists) Brad Marchand (two goals, one assist) and Patrice Bergeron (three assists) were the stars Game 2 at Philly Bruins 3, Flyers 2 (OT) Tim Thomas stopped the last 46 Flyers shots, including 22 in a furious third period. Then Krejci scored in overtime Game 3 at Boston Bruins 5, Flyers 1 Chara scored the first of his two goals just 30 seconds into the first period, and Thomas made 37 saves to push Philly to the brink Game 4 at Boston Bruins 5, Flyers 1 The game was tied at one until Johnny Boychuk's goal at 2:42 of the third period and then Boston piled it on to advance

12: Eastern Finals Boston vs Tampa Bay Lightning Game 1 at Boston Lightning 5, Bruins 2 Bergenheim, Clark and Purcell scored-the latter two unassisted-within a 1:25 stretch in the 1st period Game 2 at Boston Bruins 6, Lightning 5 Ryder and Tyler Seguin each had 2 goals and Krejci added another as the Bruins scored 5 times in the second period Game 3 at Tampa Bay Bruins 2, Lightning 0 Kerjci scored 1:09 into the game to end Tampa Bay's seven-game streak of scoring first, and Thomas turned away 31 shots Game 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Bruins 3 Boston squandered a 3-0 lead and , after forcing Lightning goalie Swayne Roloson to the bench, couldn't score on backup Mike Smith Game 5 at Boston Bruins 3, Lightning 1 Thomas preserved a one goal lead into the third when he dived to stop a shot by wide-open Steve Downie standing on his doorstep Game 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Bruins 4 Krejci had a hat trick, but Martin St. Louis's 2nd goal of the day proved to be the decider Game 7 at Boston Bruins 1, Lightning 0 Horton's 3rd period goal was all Thomas needed as he earned his second shutout of the series